Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Johnson, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

Sam Johnson registered to vote in Brazos County on June 24, 1867. He reported 30 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
30 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas
29 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Sam Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Johnson
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 24, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Brazos County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Brazos County
29 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

29 years

Sam Johnson reported 29 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Other freedmen named Johnson in Brazos County

Johnsons elsewhere in Texas

All 645 freedmen named Johnson in Texas

Variations of Johnson

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 6 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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